Last seen: Oct 27, 2026
I was at the infamous quarter-final defeat to Connacht at Ravenhill 3 years ago so they always make me nervous. Hopefully our new-found forward power …
BTW Jackman thinks O’Toole will play at both LH and TH after Bell goes (but it won’t happen this season according to Richie). That flexibility is his…
I think money (the lack of it) was the reason for many of the players who left the last couple of summers (which makes it hard to see where Bell’s wag…
It’s interesting how they are managing the introduction/first caps of the academy lads. There are several others (Kenny, Graham) that haven’t played …
I wonder where they’re going to find all these NIQ tightheads! There was a mention somewhere about Frans Malherbe going to La Rochelle; he’s getting …
Connacht have a worse injury list than us; on the other hand I would think all of their internationals would be back available. It’s not good that Iz…
@unclear Yeah Boan Venter is the current Springbok starting loosehead (including when they destroyed the Ireland front row) so that was a pretty remar…
Yeah that may be the most likely (and two changes there probably isn’t great for the attack). There’s also Moxham who I think has played centre, but …
Bernard Jackman (on the42 podcast) was saying there has been talk of trying to keep Bell for another year, but he also said it probably now will not h…
Every time there is a reply to a topic (that I am subscribed to) I get an e-mail. Not a big deal now, but that’s going to be far too much as the numb…
Unbelievable second half, we rarely beat up the opponents physically like that. And the scrum!! Good solid debut for McAllister but Wilson was treme…
Tom McAllister starting (as a first-year academy player) at THP is interesting to say the least. Great opportunity for him.
I think there were also 7 Ulster players selected against Scotland in 2013. According to Wikipedia, one of them Declan Fitzpatrick was an unused sub.
Some of the journalists (Gerry Thornley in the IT for example) are posting projected teams with O’Toole, Timoney, McCloskey, Stockdale and Baloucoune …